The
top previously unqualified player in each of the above events will
be taken. Should a player decline to play after qualifying his or
her

position
would go to anyone that had tied but not since qualified. If that
person does not exist then that would become a committee assigned spot.

Committee Selected
Basic Guidelines (The Committee currently consists of
Murrel Rhodes, Daniel Garrett and Wayne Zimmerle)10 Highest rated that will play

Bill Naff

11 Wild Card -

Ron Suarez

12 Committee chosen for various deserving reasons.

Albert Li

A new tiebreak will be used in case of a tie. The position will go to the Highest Rated player in the tie.

The 12
qualifying players are divided into 2 sections of 6 players each. Each
section plays a round robin and the section winners then meet in a
match to determine the winner.

Assigning Players to Groups A and B.

Our
goal is to have two reasonably even groups based on average rating. We
do this by first selecting players in order of their rating and
assigning them to group A or Group B.

For the first two players, we arbitrarily assign the highest rated player to Group A and the second to group B. So Group A received the highest player in position 1 of the six selections.

If
we continue to alternate Group A and Group B (ABABABABABAB) in this
way, then, for each of the six selection pairs, Group A will always get
the higher rated player. To make it more fair
and even out the ratings between the groups, we instead allow Group B
to have the higher rated player in every other pair of selections
(ABBAABBAABBA). This guarantees a more even and fair spread of players
between the two groups.

The Finals Match.

The
winners of the two groups meet in a final match. It takes at least 2
points and a lead in score to win the match. Possible scores are 2-0,
2-1, 2.5-.5, 2.5-1.5. If the score is tied at 2-2, we again go to a
possible 2 games at G30+5 and 2 games at G5+3, played in a single
meeting. The higher rated player receives White in the first game,
colors are alternated thereafter.

Ratings Used.

All ratings are the most current available, taken from the rated events, often more recent than the latest published rating.